We are a group of like minded enthusiasts who shun formulae wargaming with rules and regulations without knowledge. Our philosophy is one of " if it happened in history it must be able to be replicated on our games".... oh dear sounds pompous, it's simple really old fashioned and enjoyable without long charts and section N para Y allows me to jump your wall by 6 mm ha ha.

On the other flank,Brian has charged his hoplites into Graham's Spartans,hoping for a quick success(has the man lost his senses?)

In the centre,Paul is wasting no time in advancing onto my Athenians,who are retiring(it's good being retired!) slowly to try and gain a terrain advantage-no chance!!! In the background,Brian and Graham are fully engaged,and, initially,Brian was doing better-hurrah(but keep your eye on the word "initially!!")

Brian's "heroic" struggle continues,but Graham is about to unleash his light cavalry against any unit that retires-this he did with aplomb,and it was,eventually,Brian's undoing-woe is him!!

To the sound of "war cries" and shield crashing against shield,the Spartans hit the Athenian line.The first two melees were pretty evenly matched,but eventually the Spartan training and superior fighting ability told,and I was beaten-woe is me as well!!

Brian is on the run,and Graham is sending his light cavalry against his rear(oooohh!!)But what of the central hill(c/w temple)?

Well, Graham had the audacity to attack it with light infantry-Brian responded by charging down the hill and inflicting severe casualties on them-hurrah!!-they couldn't recover could they??

On our left flank,the Corinthians are mixing it with the Spartans stationed there,and were doing okay-HOWEVER(!) I had to put my command figure into a melee,to supplement the points of a "wavering" unit,and,yes you've guessed it, he got himself killed!!!-this was a disaster for the Corinthians,who,en masse, decided that the city of Corinth was a nice place to be,instead of in the Dystopian Fields,and fled to a man!!!!!-flank lost!

With the Spartans punching holes in my centre,and the central hill(c/w temple) now in Spartan hands,things are looking bleak to say the least-it now all depends on Brian's flank-how is it doing?

Oh dear,how sad,never mind!!-Graham's magnificent use of his light skirmish cavalry has put an end to the Athenian hopes,and the battle is lost-well done to us all,a great game.Roll on Sunday,Dave is bringing the figures and terrain for our demo. game at Falkirk, on 7th May, which is the Battle of Assaye 1803. for us to go through-can't wait!

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Cheers Sprininnsfeld,I think it is very important to get the terrain right in a battle,so you get a "feel" for the game,I take a long time trying to get it right-many thanks for the comment.johnc(william)